The Confident Manager offers valuable lessons to young and aspiring managers as well as sage advice to those already experienced in management. Told in a compelling story format, the messages are clear, concise and practical. Applying the lessons in this book will: boost your self-confidence both at work and personally, increase morale, team-working and customer service, improve the performance of your business. Matt quickly realizes that his new job as project manager requires different skills from the ones he is used to using - this time he needs to do \'people stuff\'. His mistakes and successes highlight key messages in effective people management.